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Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)

Aa. whereas the collaborative economy is socially beneficial for EU citizens,

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Motion for a resolution
Recital B

B. whereas these radical changes have a considerable impact on the legal landscape, by blurring established lines between consumer and provider, employee and self-employed, and the professional and non-professional provision of services, thus challenging many critical sectors of EU law;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

~~1. Welcomes the communication on a European Agenda for the collaborative economy, and underlines that it should represent a first step towards a more comprehensive and ambitious EU strategy on it;~~deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Maintains that the collaborative economy, which covers activities which are gainful but are not economic activities pursued on a professional basis, should not be subject to additional administrative burdens; considers, on the other hand, that entities engaged on a professional basis in intermediary activities between providers and recipients of services in the context of the collaborative economy should be subject to generally applicable business laws;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Considers that there is no need for the Commission to adopt detailed regulations on the collaborative economy;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Believes that~~, if developed in a responsible manner,~~ the collaborative economy ~~may~~ creates significant opportunities for citizens and consumers, who benefit from enhanced competition, tailored services and lower prices;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Agrees that the collaborative economy ~~could also~~ generates new entrepreneurial opportunities~~, jobs~~ and growth~~, and could play an important role in making the economic system not only more efficient, but also socially and environmentally sustainable~~;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Acknowledges, at the same time, that the collaborative economy is having a profound impact on long-established business models; underlines the risk of having different legal standards for similar economic actors; is concerned about the risk of reducing consumer protection, workers’ rights and tax compliance; acknowledges the effects that collaborative businesses are having on the urban environment;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Points to the risks of increasing regulatory grey areas, the consequent disregard of existing regulations and the fragmentation of the Single Market; is aware that, if not properly governed, these changes could result in legal uncertainty about applicable rules and constraints in exercising individual rights;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

~~6. Considers the development of a dynamic and clear legal environment to be of paramount importance for the collaborative economy to flourish in the EU;~~deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7

7. Emphasises the need to consider the collaborative economy not only as a business model but also as a new form of integration between the economy and society which is able to embed economic relations within social ones and to create new forms of community;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Calls on the Commission to encourage non-profit, user-governed, collaborative practices aimed at building sharing and cooperation, and a commons- oriented approach to the collaborative economy, so as to foster the scalability of a social economy and access to open knowledge;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12

12. Is concerned that, while a large part of the nascent collaborative economy remains unregulated, significant differences are emerging among Member States due to national, regional and local regulations, as well as case-law, posing a risk of fragmentation of the Single Market;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Welcomes the Commission’s intent to tackle the current fragmentation, but regrets that its communication did not bring sufficient clarity about the applicability of existing EU legislation to different collaborative economy models;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Agrees that market access requirements for collaborative platforms and service providers must be necessary, justified and proportionate, and that this assessment should be dependent on whether services are provided by professional or private individuals, making peer providers subject to lighter legal requirements;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15

15. Urges the Commission to provide further guidelines to Member States with a view to laying down effective criteria for distinguishing between peers and professionals, which is crucial for the fair development of the collaborative economy;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16

16. ~~Draws attention, at the same time, to the risk that establishing thresholds may create a disparity between micro and small businesses on the one side, and peers on the other; calls therefore~~Calls for the legislation applicable to professional service providers to be revised in order to level the playing field among ~~comparable categories of~~ service providers and to remove unnecessary regulatory burdens;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17

17. Believes that consumers should enjoy a high and effective level of protection, regardless of whether services are provided by professionals or peers; highlights, in particular, the importance of protecting consumers in peer-to-peer transactions; welcomes the Commission’s initiative to ensure the adequacy of consumer law and preventing abuse of the collaborative economy should be prevented;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

~~18. Emphasises that, in many cases, rules for protecting consumers are still needed in the collaborative economy, especially due to persisting asymmetric information or lack of choice;~~deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

~~19. Calls on the Commission to clarify the collaborative platforms liability regime, which could enhance responsible behaviour and increase user confidence;~~deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20

20. Calls on the Commission to further scrutinise EU legislation in order to reduce uncertainties concerning the rules applicable to collaborative business models ~~and to assess whether new or amended rules are desirable~~;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21

21. Believes that any new regulation should leverage platforms’ self-governing capacities; is convinced that collaborative platforms themselves could take an active role in such a new regulatory environment by correcting many asymmetric information and other market failures which have been traditionally addressed through regulation, especially by digital trust-building mechanisms;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22

22. Strongly believes, at the same time, that this self-regulating capacity does not undercut the need for regulation, especially for market failures that platforms cannot address and for other normative goals (e.g. reversing inequalities, boosting fairness, inclusiveness, and openness, etc.);deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23

23. ~~Points out the crucial importance of clarifying methods by which decisions based on algorithms are taken and of guaranteeing algorithm fairness; e~~Emphasises the need to verify the potential harm to privacy caused by big data, to assess the impact of data on different segments of society and to prevent discrimination; ~~calls on the Commission to lay down effective criteria for developing algorithm accountability principles for information-based collaborative platforms;~~

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24

24. Is convinced that a common EU horizontal and harmonised regulatory framework, consisting of a combination of general principles and specific rules, needs to be developed, in addition to any sector-specific regulation that might be needed;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25

25. Calls on the Commission ~~for an ambitious enforcement framework, and~~ to support the Member States in developing a strong culture of compliance and enforcement;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26

26. Encourages the Commission to 26. foster a level playing field for competition among collaborative platforms; stresses the importance of identifying and addressing barriers to the emergence and scaling-up of collaborative businesses, especially start-ups; underlines in this contextUnderlines the need for free flow of data, data portability and interoperability, which facilitate switching between platforms and prevent lock-in, and which are key factors for open and fair competition ~~and empowering users of collaborative platforms~~;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27

27. ~~Is concerned about the difficulties that have emerged so far in relation to tax compliance and enforcement, despite~~Notes the increased traceability of economic transactions via online platforms;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29

~~29. Encourages the Member States to agree on a uniform set of information that businesses must disclose to tax authorities in the framework of their tax information duties;~~deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 32

32. Underlines the paramount importance of safeguarding workers’ rights in collaborative services, of avoiding social dumping, and of guaranteeing fair working conditions and adequate social protection;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 33

33. Is concerned about the risk that on-demand workers might not enjoy genuine legal protection, and that collaborative platforms might pass on their risks to workers with no entrepreneurial responsibilities;deleted

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Adam SZEJNFELD

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 37

37. Points out the importance of adequate competences and skills, in order to enable as many individuals as possible to play an active role in the collaborative economy; is of the opinion that the potential of the collaborative economy will be fully unleashed only through effective policies of social inclusion at EU level, starting with confident and critical use of ICT as a key competence for lifelong learning strategies;

2017/02/13
Committee: IMCO

Activities of Adam SZEJNFELD related to 2017/2003(INI)

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